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Case C-668/11 P: Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission (Appeal — Competition — Agreements, decisions and concerted practices — Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco — Price-fixing and market-sharing — Infringement of Article 81 EC — Whether unlawful conduct of a subsidiary attributable to its parent company — Deterrent effect — Equal treatment — Cooperation — Obligation to state reasons — Mitigating circumstances)

IO C 344, 23.11.2013, p. 18–18 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

23.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 344/18


Judgment of the Court (Ninth Chamber) of 26 September 2013 — Alliance One International, Inc. v European Commission

(Case C-668/11 P) (1)

(Appeal - Competition - Agreements, decisions and concerted practices - Spanish market for the purchase and first processing of raw tobacco - Price-fixing and market-sharing - Infringement of Article 81 EC - Whether unlawful conduct of a subsidiary attributable to its parent company - Deterrent effect - Equal treatment - Cooperation - Obligation to state reasons - Mitigating circumstances)

2013/C 344/29

Language of the case: Spanish

Parties

Appellant: Alliance One International, Inc. (represented by: M. Odriozola and A. Vide, Abogados)

Other party to the proceedings: European Commission (represented by: F. Castillo de la Torre, and J. Bourke, Agents)

Re:

Appeal brought against the judgment of the General Court (Fourth Chamber) of 12 October 2011 in Case T-38/05 Agroexpansion v Commission, by which the General Court rejected, in part, an application for the partial annulment of Commission Decision C(2004) 4030 final of 20 October 2004 relating to a proceeding under Article 81(1) [EC] (Case COMP/C.38.238/B2 — Raw tobacco — Spain)

Operative part of the judgment

The Court:

1.

Dismisses the appeal;

2.

Orders Alliance One International, Inc. to pay the costs.


(1)  OJ C 89, 24.3.2012.


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